Offshore Sailing and Cruising with Paul Trammell Podcast
1) Etienne Messikommer, Golden Globe 2026 Entrant
Etienne Messikommer is an entrant in the 2026 Golden Globe Race. He also won the 2021 Globe 5.80 Transtat. We talk about his first boat (which was steel), selecting his GGR boat (a Tradewinds 35), re...Show More
2) Captain Coconut aka Mark Sinclair, Following the Mini Globe Race
Mark Sinclair is following the Mini Globe Race in his Lello 34, Coconut (the boat he raced in the 2018 GGR). He was in Antigua last time we spoke (in February 2024) and he was in Darwin, Australia whe...Show More
3) Gunnar Christensen, Offshore Racing vs Offshore Cruising
Gunnar Christensen is an entrant in the 2026 Golden Globe Race. He owns a Hans Christen 34 and is also a professional sailor and skipper of racing sailboats. We talk about his Baltic 42, a Southerly 4...Show More
4) Kevin Le Poidevin, Sailing an Open 40
Kevin Le Poidevin sails an Open 40, Roaring 40 and a Sigma 36 Rogue Wave. He sailed in the 2014 and 2018 Solo Trans Tasman Challenge New Plymouth to Southport, the 2021 and 2024 Sydney Hobart, the 20...Show More
5) Guy DeBoer, Offshore Racing, GGR 2026?
Guy deBoer is a professional sailor active in offshore racing. He was in the 2022 Golden Globe Race, but went aground in the Canary Islands and had to retire from the race. He eventually saved and reb...Show More
6) Tom Cunliffe, Sailing and Writing and his new novel Hurricane Force
Tom Cunliffe is a living legend among offshore sailors. He has lived his life at sea, mostly sailing traditional boats. He learned to sail on a 22 ft gaff sloop when a teenager on the Norfolk Broads. ...Show More
7) Jolly Holly, Show Me Your Dinghy
Jolly Holly sails a 72' carbon fiber trimaran now, and has a history of restoring old boats and solo sailing. She is also the owner of ShowMeYourDinghy dinghy navigation lights, which I use and approv...Show More
8) Daniel Turner 2, Mini Globe Race, Fiji
Daniel Turner is currently in second place in the Mini Globe Race, another Don McIntyre circumnavigation race. He was in Fiji when I interviewed him, right befrore the start of Leg three, Fiji to Cape...Show More
9) Ask an Electrician, Owen Murphy, Part 2
This is part two of my conversation with marine electrical engineer Owen Murphy. We talk about meeting John Kretschmer, the influence of electrical systems and electronics on sailboat value, wiring di...Show More
10) Ask an Electrician, Owen Murphy of Meridian Marine Electrical, Part 1
Owen Murphy is an ABYC certified marine electrical engineer and technician who offers both onsite and remote electrical system consulting, maintenance and installation. He sails a Pacific Seacraft 34 ...Show More